Hosín
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Hosín is a village and municipality (obec
) in České Budějovice District
in the South Bohemian Region
of the Czech Republic.
The municipality covers an area of 30.97 square kilometres (12 sq mi), and has a population of 751 (as at 31 December 2007).
Hosín lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north of České Budějovice
and 117 km (73 mi) south of Prague
.
Obec
Obec is the Czech and Slovak word for a municipality . The literal meaning of the word is "commune" or "community". It is the smallest administrative unit that is governed by elected representatives. Cities are also municipalities...
) in České Budějovice District
Ceské Budejovice District
České Budějovice District is a district within South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is České Budějovice.- Complete list of municipalities :Adamov -Bečice -Borek -Borovany -Borovnice -Boršov nad Vltavou -Bošilec -...
in the South Bohemian Region
South Bohemian Region
South Bohemian Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located mostly in the southern part of its historical land of Bohemia, with a small part in southwestern Moravia...
of the Czech Republic.
The municipality covers an area of 30.97 square kilometres (12 sq mi), and has a population of 751 (as at 31 December 2007).
Hosín lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north of České Budějovice
Ceské Budejovice
České Budějovice is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the largest city in the South Bohemian Region and is the political and commercial capital of the region and centre of the Roman Catholic Diocese of České Budějovice and of the University of South Bohemia and the Academy of Sciences...
and 117 km (73 mi) south of Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
.
Places of interest
- Hosín is associated with the silhouette of the Saints Peter and Paul Church seen from Českých BudějovicCeské BudejoviceČeské Budějovice is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the largest city in the South Bohemian Region and is the political and commercial capital of the region and centre of the Roman Catholic Diocese of České Budějovice and of the University of South Bohemia and the Academy of Sciences...
from 1899 - 1900, part of which is the original RomanesqueRomanesque artRomanesque art refers to the art of Western Europe from approximately 1000 AD to the rise of the Gothic style in the 13th century, or later, depending on region. The preceding period is increasingly known as the Pre-Romanesque...
church of the 12th - 13th century with unique Gothic wall peintings from around 1340 - BaroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
rectory from the 18th century - Stone Wayside shrine from 1636 at the road towards Hluboká nad VltavouHluboká nad VltavouHluboká nad Vltavou ) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, near České Budějovice. This town was a favourite of Charles IV, who often visited when residing in České Budějovice...
, with the coat-of-arms of the former estate owner, Baltasar MarradasBaltasar MarradasDon Baltasar de Marradas et Vique or Maradas was a Spanish nobleman, imperial field marshal during the Thirty Years War and governor of Bohemia.- Life :... - Former china-clay mine, natural monument Orty
- Memorial to those killed in the Great WarWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
- Wayside cross in the nort-east part of the village
- Houses built in the so-called Rustic Baroque style, e.g. cottages Nos 8, 42 and 48